[ltp] Re: Upgrading the BIOS of my X201s

[Bjørn Mork]

Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> writes:

> Basically what I'd do:
>
> * grab the iso
> * grab a fresh usb key, add a new linux partition, make it
> bootable/active, format it as ext2
> * mount it in /media/bios
> * mkdir /media/bios/extlinux
> * extlinux -i /media/bios/extlinux
> * mv x201s.iso /media/bios/
>
> Then edit /media/bios/extlinux/extlinux.conf and use something like:
>
> label bios
>   linux memdisk
>   append iso
>   initrd /x201s.iso
>
> then boot using that key, at the prompt type bios and it should work
> (tm).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the USB key doesn't really add anything
useful here, does it?  You might as well boot memdisk directly from your
harddrive.


Bjørn